Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-01
SOLANO COUNTY.
a Valley and Bay COunty-Rich Fruit

q Valley and Bay COunty-Rich Fruit
Lands.
Solano county lies south of Yolo. west of
Sacramento, and east of Napa Its south
eastern boundary is the Sacramento river.
Its area is $40 square miles, of which 625
are of the Sacramento valley and 315 of
coast range mountains, but which are how
ever, quite low The county forms the
southwest end of the great Sacramento
valley. Il is wholly fruit and grain
county, vine culture being subordinate to
the two. It's Vacaville and Pleasant valley
sections are not excelled for fine fruit fer
tility and the splendid annual yield, upon
the Pacific slope. Along the bay and river
are tule lands, above there are broad tree
less plains to the east, and a rolling foothil
region TO the west, with small fertile valleys
in the latter. Fully so, 600 acres of the finest
lands are devoted to fruit and 100000 to
grains Considerable adobe soil appears in
this county, that OF the hills is dark sandy
loan, and in the large valleys the character
of soil is similar to that of Yulo valleys
and valley lands generally in the Sacra-
mento basin, dark loan mostly with some
adobe. In the north,
ALONG PUTAH CREEK,
Is a section of the highest value for its
rich. dark and light loans of three grades,
and all very productive. The section ex-
tending from thestream named southwardly
to and embracing the chief fruit belts, is
marvelously rich. The chief towns are
Fairfield the county seat, Suisun, Benicia
and Vallejo tidal ports) Dixon, in the
great central valley Rio Vista, river
bort and VacaviIle, in the richest fruit
section.
The assessed values of the
county for 1886 aggregate nearly a
$18,000000. The people constitute an en-
ergetic and prosperous community. Fine
schools are maintained there is much
shipping and large manufactures. The
California Pacific Railroad, from Sacra-
mento 10 Vallejo and Benicia, traverses
the whole length of the county. There is
also a line of railway from Elmira
north TO Madison, in Yolo
county, with Clear Lake, in Lake county,
as its objective point. Solano county has
a climate very much like that of Sacra-
mento in summer in the upper and east
ern portions, but with more of sea breeze.
In the lower or bay portion, however, there
are strong currents of air sweeping inland
almost constantly. The result is TO make
the climatic differences of the different sec
tons very broad, dependent upon NIL
shelter valley exposure, etc.
THE SANITARY CHARACTER
OF the county stands very high indeed.
Vallejo is recorded as having the highest
registry of good health and the lowest OF
mortality and disease of any place in the
world known to hygenic reports and SAM
tary statistics.
The opportunities for homeseekers in
this county are good, and lands of the finest
quality can be had at reasonable prices.
The contiguity of the county to San Fran
cisco and Sacramento, and the ease with
which the people can reach the coast or
the interior metropolis, makes them metro
politans very largely in their bearing, and
as result there is a high state of culture
among them and great deal of CONNER
Cial enterprise and business push and
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